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Facebook Takes Action Against Hackers Based in China

The group is known as Earth Empusa or Evil Eye

The targets were activists, dissidents and journalists, predominantly among Uyghurs from Xinjiang in China gorodenkoff/iStock

By David Cohen

March 24, 2021

Facebook detailed actions it took against a group of hackers based in China, known in the security industry as Earth Empusa or Evil Eye.

David Cohen
@9Number9 david.cohen@adweek.com David Cohen is editor of Adweek's Social Pro Daily.
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